As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases that could bring nationwide marriage equality — consolidated and known as Obergefell v. Hodges — the Justices had access to numerous friend-of-the-court briefs encouraging a ruling in favor of the...

On Monday morning, October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has declined, without comment, to hear the appeals of lower court decisions invalidating bans on same-gender marriage in five states, thereby lifting the stays on these decisions and clearing the...